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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which among the following represent mean? |
| A. | Geometric |
| B. | Harmonic |
| C. | Quadratic |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
The value of standard deviation will always be a ..............number. |
| A. | Negative |
| B. | Positive |
| C. | Positive or negative |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» C. Positive or negative | |
| 3. |
The mean of a distribution is 50 and the standard deviation is 5. The coefficient ofvariation is .............. |
| A. | 10% |
| B. | 0.1% |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 0.1 |
| Answer» B. 0.1% | |
| 4. |
The percentage of Standard Deviation to Mean of a distribution is called |
| A. | Variation |
| B. | Coefficient of Variation |
| C. | Dispersion |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Dispersion | |
| 5. |
The median value of the distribution 30, 20, 42, 32, 12. |
| A. | 42 |
| B. | 68 |
| C. | 32 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
The most stable measure of variability is .............. |
| A. | Mean Deviation |
| B. | Quartile Deviation |
| C. | Standard Deviation |
| D. | Range |
| Answer» D. Range | |
| 7. |
Find range of the distribution 30, 42, 65, 26, 78, 54. |
| A. | 52 |
| B. | 26 |
| C. | 54 |
| D. | 78 |
| Answer» B. 26 | |
| 8. |
The tendency of data to be scattered around the average is .......... |
| A. | Central tendency |
| B. | Dispersion |
| C. | Range |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Range | |
| 9. |
Which among the following cannot be manipulated algebraically? |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Median |
| C. | Mode |
| D. | Both b and c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Mode of the distribution 34, 48, 23, 45, 34, 54, 45, 56, 34, 76. |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 76 |
| C. | 34 |
| D. | 23 |
| Answer» D. 23 | |
| 11. |
The number of median a distribution can have is........... |
| A. | One |
| B. | Two |
| C. | Less than one |
| D. | More than two |
| Answer» B. Two | |
| 12. |
Ogive is also called .............. graph. |
| A. | Frequency |
| B. | Cumulative Frequency Curve |
| C. | Cumulative Percentage Frequency Curve |
| D. | Frequency polygon |
| Answer» D. Frequency polygon | |
| 13. |
The value that divides a series in to two halves above and below it is............ |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Median |
| C. | Mode |
| D. | SD |
| Answer» C. Mode | |
| 14. |
Which among the following is NOT a measure of central tendency? |
| A. | Mean |
| B. | Standard Deviation |
| C. | Mode |
| D. | Median |
| Answer» C. Mode | |
| 15. |
The arithmetic mean of the distribution 10,20,12,8,6 is................. |
| A. | 56 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 28 |
| D. | 11.2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Representation of data as portions of a circle of 3600. |
| A. | Bar diagram |
| B. | Pie diagram |
| C. | Pictogram |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Pictogram | |
| 17. |
The actual or exact lower limit of the class 40 – 45. |
| A. | 39.5 |
| B. | 40.5 |
| C. | 39 |
| D. | 40 |
| Answer» B. 40.5 | |
| 18. |
A line graph drawn from a histogram. |
| A. | Ogive |
| B. | Cumulative Frequency Graph |
| C. | Frequency Polygon |
| D. | Cumulative Percentage Frequency Graph |
| Answer» D. Cumulative Percentage Frequency Graph | |
| 19. |
In one way ANOVA, if the calculated F value is greater than the tabled value of F,then |
| A. | Mean difference between all pairs of groups will be significant |
| B. | Mean difference is not significant |
| C. | Mean difference between more than two groups in the set will be significant |
| D. | Mean difference between atleast two groups in the set will be significant |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
Measure of skewness gives ------- |
| A. | Direction of skewness |
| B. | Extent of skewness |
| C. | Both (a) and (b) |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 21. |
The term skewness refers to ------- |
| A. | bulginess |
| B. | lack of symmetry |
| C. | symmetrical |
| D. | normal |
| Answer» C. symmetrical | |
| 22. |
The area under the normal curve between the ordinatesx = - 3 and x = +3 is |
| A. | 68.26% |
| B. | 95.44% |
| C. | 99.73% |
| D. | 90% |
| Answer» D. 90% | |
| 23. |
The area under the normal curve between the ordinates x = - and x = + is |
| A. | 68.26% |
| B. | 95.44% |
| C. | 34.13% |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 95.44% | |
| 24. |
The area under the normal curve between the ordinatesx = - 2 and x = +2 is |
| A. | 68.26% |
| B. | 95.44% |
| C. | 99% |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 99% | |
| 25. |
Which of the following is significance of normal distribution in statistical analysis? |
| A. | Many of the dependent variables are commonly assumed to be normally distributed |
| B. | Many of the statistical techniques in inferential statistics assumes normality of variable. |
| C. | The theoretical distribution of the hypothetical set of sample means is approximately normal. |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Normal distribution was defined specially by ------- |
| A. | Laplace |
| B. | Gauss |
| C. | DeMoivre |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Gauss | |
| 27. |
Degrees of freedom for testing the significance of correlation coefficient is calculatedusing the formula ------ |
| A. | n1 + n2 |
| B. | n-1 |
| C. | n -3 |
| D. | n-2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
Following data is related to emotional intelligence of two groups A and B.Mean SD N Group A 75 15 150 Group B 70 20 250 Then the critical ratio is given by |
| A. | 2.53 |
| B. | 1.98 |
| C. | 2.84 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 29. |
Which of the following is the ‘t’ value for the following data (small independentsamples)X1= 12, X2 =11, n1 =5, n2=7, s1 = 1.12, s2 = 2.31 |
| A. | 8.9 |
| B. | 0.35 |
| C. | 0.89 |
| D. | 0.79 |
| Answer» D. 0.79 | |
| 30. |
Normal distribution was originally investigated by ------- |
| A. | Gauss |
| B. | Laplace |
| C. | DeMoivre |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 31. |
greater percentage of cases distributed about the mean score4. lesser percentage of cases belonging to extreme scores |
| A. | Only 1 and 2 are true |
| B. | Only 3 and 4 are true |
| C. | all are true |
| D. | all are false |
| Answer» C. all are true | |
| 32. |
Conditional probability can be defined when A and B are ……………… events |
| A. | Mutually exclusive |
| B. | Dependent |
| C. | Independent |
| D. | Exhaustive |
| Answer» C. Independent | |
| 33. |
If two events A and B are independent then probability of A and B is given by |
| A. | P(A and |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | P(A and B) = P(A) X P(B) |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 34. |
An event A is said to be the complementary event of B if A and B are |
| A. | Mutually exclusive |
| B. | Equally likely |
| C. | Exhaustive |
| D. | Both a and c |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
If the totality of events includes all the possible outcomes of a random experiment, then theevents are called ……………. |
| A. | Equally likely |
| B. | Independent |
| C. | Mutually exclusive |
| D. | Exhaustive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
If the outcome of one event does not affect and is not affected by the other event, then thetwo events are called ……….. events. |
| A. | Equally likely |
| B. | Independent |
| C. | Dependent |
| D. | Mutually exclusive |
| Answer» C. Dependent | |
| 37. |
An event which may or may not occur while performing a certain random experiment isknown as |
| A. | Sample space |
| B. | Outcomes |
| C. | Random event |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 38. |
Those events which cannot happen simultaneously in a single trial are called ……….. events. |
| A. | Equally likely |
| B. | Mutually exclusive |
| C. | Independent |
| D. | Dependent |
| Answer» C. Independent | |
| 39. |
Which of the following is the definition of probability of an event in subjective approach. |
| A. | Limit of the relative frequency as the number of observation increases indefinitely |
| B. | Probability assigned to an event by an individual based on whatever evidence is possible. |
| C. | Probability can be calculated using certain axioms |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Probability can be calculated using certain axioms | |
| 40. |
The probability of an event is defined as “the ratio of the number of ‘favourable’ cases to thetotal number of equally likely cases” in …………… approach. |
| A. | Empirical |
| B. | Classical |
| C. | Subjective |
| D. | Axiomatic |
| Answer» C. Subjective | |
| 41. |
The oldest and simplest approach to probability is …………… |
| A. | Empirical |
| B. | Classical |
| C. | Subjective |
| D. | Axiomatic |
| Answer» C. Subjective | |
| 42. |
An outcome of an experiment is called |
| A. | Event |
| B. | Sample space |
| C. | Sample |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Sample space | |
| 43. |
The first man to write a book on probability is |
| A. | Galileo |
| B. | Pierre De-Fermat |
| C. | Demovire |
| D. | Girolamo Cardano |
| Answer» E. | |
| 44. |
The data obtained in an investigation by complete enumeration will be free from …………… |
| A. | Sampling errors |
| B. | Nonsampling errors |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Nonsampling errors | |
| 45. |
The results of a sample survey would be subject to ………………….. |
| A. | Sampling error |
| B. | Nonsampling errors |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 46. |
A sampling method in which sample elements are selected neither by probability method norjudgement but by convenience is called ……………… |
| A. | Accidental sampling |
| B. | Purposive sampling |
| C. | Quota sampling |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Purposive sampling | |
| 47. |
The investigator has complete freedom in choosing his sample according to his wishes anddesires in |
| A. | Judgemt sampling |
| B. | Quota sampling |
| C. | Convenience sampling |
| D. | Multiphase sampling |
| Answer» B. Quota sampling | |
| 48. |
Which of the following is not a demerit of judgement sampling? |
| A. | Not scientific |
| B. | Influenced by personal bias |
| C. | No objective method to determine sampling error |
| D. | Can be used in making public policy decisions |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
In which of the following methods of sampling the choice of sample items dependsexclusively on the judgement of the investigator? |
| A. | Purposive sampling |
| B. | Quota sampling |
| C. | Convenience sampling |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Quota sampling | |
| 50. |
Which of the following is not a nonprobability sampling? |
| A. | Judgement sampling |
| B. | Quota sampling |
| C. | Convenience sampling |
| D. | Multistage sampling |
| Answer» E. | |